MAI Journal is an open access journal that publishes multidisciplinary peer-reviewed articles that critically analyse and address indigenous and Pacific issues in the context of Aotearoa New Zealand. MAI Journal publishes two issues per year, the first in May and the second in December. MAI Journal is only published online. We aim to publish scholarly articles that substantively engage with intellectual indigenous scholarship.

This general issue of MAI Journal, Volume 7, Issue 1 (2018) contains a number articles covering a diverse range of research areas including kaupapa Māori film theory and Māori resistance in film history, young parenthood from a Māori perspective. This general issue also includes a Themed Supplement with a particular focus on Whai Rawa: Research for Māori economies.

MAI Journal is currently calling for papers to contribute to a special issue on Whai Rawa: Research for Maori Economies. Whai Rawa refers to the diverse modes of Maori economies in both contemporary and historical contexts. This special issue will contribute to and enrich the burgeoning body of research and literature regarding Maori economies with the view to enhance the economic performance of Maori communities while maintaining consistency with matauranga and tikanga Maori.

Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) announces the appointment of two new editors of MAI Journal: A New Zealand Journal of Indigenous Scholarship.

NPM Co-Directors are thrilled to have appointed two outstanding researchers Associate Professor Melinda Webber and Dr Ocean Mercier as new Joint Editors of MAI Journal and thank the outgoing editors for their critical leadership in building the journal into the renown and highly esteemed journal that it is today.

MAI Journal has extended its call for papers for the second issue of Volume 5 until Monday 18th July 2016. This is a general issue that will be published in November 2016. Please visit the author information page for our author guidelines and our online submission portal. We recommend early submission.

The first issue of MAI Journal for 2016 - Volume 5, Issue 1 - is now available online. This is a general issue which contains six articles that cover themes including ethnic-specific equity programmes in New Zealand universities, Māori values in the workplace, mental health support for Māori following the Christchurch earthquakes, digital media with Māori-language interfaces, representations of Māori and smoking in media, and discourses around mahinga kai, Māori food-gathering sites and practices.

MAI Journal is now calling for papers to be considered for the second issue of Volume 5 (November 2016). We welcome submissions all year round, however, for consideration for this issue, articles should reach us no later than Monday 25th April 2016. Please visit the author information page for our author guidelines and our online submission portal. We recommend early submission.

MAI Journal is now calling for papers to be considered for the first issue of Volume 5 (2016). We welcome submissions all year round, however, for consideration for this issue, articles should reach us no later than the 18th of January 2016. Please visit the author information page for our author guidelines and our online submission portal. We recommend early submission.

The second issue of MAI Journal for 2015 - Volume 4, Issue 2 - is now available online. This is a general issue which contains six articles and one book review that engage with various themes including pōwhiri and ethnic performativity, indigeneity and external citizenship rights, diabetes prevention, early childhood education, Māori adolescent identity formation and Māori models of health and well-being.

MAI Journal is now calling for papers to be considered for our second general issue of Volume 4 (2015). We welcome submissions all year round, however, for consideration for this issue, articles should reach us no later than the 17th of August 2015. We recommend early submission.

The first issue of MAI Journal for 2015 - Volume 4, Issue 1 - is now available online. This is a general issue which consists of six articles and two book reviews, covering a range of themes including Māori identity formation, Māori fire use and management practices, Māori food security and sovereignty, indigenous peoples’ experiences of entering tertiary education, as well as indigenous research methodologies.